Summary: ENS founder Nick Johnson proposes activating ENSv2 via DAO vote, freezing legacy registrations while allowing existing holders to renew, with admin control transferring to the DAO post-upgrade.
Summary: Metaplanet will issue $329M in convertible bonds to repay Bitcoin-collateralized loans and fund share buybacks, aiming to reduce debt reliance without selling its 44,000 BTC holdings.
Summary: Colorado's network of over 300 Bitcoin-accepting merchants shows uneven adoption, with some venues like Moonflower Coffee embracing the tech while others, such as Fifth House, refuse despite having compatible Square registers.
Summary: Blur will shut down its blur.io website frontend on November 12, 2026, while keeping the on-chain protocol active, and its lending platform Blend will cease matching new loans.
Summary: Open-source toolkit REA surged past 100,000 GitHub stars, enabling AI-driven reverse engineering that fueled game mods and prompted Adobe competitor ArtCraft's release amid publisher legal pushback.
Summary: NEXTPredict paid $12,000 for Kalshi contracts covering $3 million if JFK flight cancellations exceed 50% before its conference, marking the first prediction-market hedge for an event.
Summary: Evernorth Holdings shares rose 5% on their Nasdaq debut, coinciding with the appointment of former Coinbase executive Hugo Jeandesboz as CIO to manage its $657 million XRP treasury.
Summary: Willem Middelkoop states central banks avoid Bitcoin due to lack of control over its supply and price, unlike gold, while institutional investors increasingly adopt it via ETFs.
Summary: Bitmine added 12,532 ETH worth $31.9 million, bringing holdings to 4.9% of supply, with Chairman Tom Lee stating the firm is nearly done stacking toward its 5% target.
Summary: Strategy bought 250 BTC for $21.5M and repurchased $192.4M in STRC preferred stock, raising its total holdings to a record 848,250 BTC funded largely by MSTR equity sales.
Summary: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs are down a net $386.3 million for October after Wednesday’s $484.9 million exit, their worst day since June, despite a $21.1 million inflow on Friday. Ethereum…
Summary: DATA Network, formerly Story, will retire its independent blockchain and move its AI training data protocol to Sui, supported by a $30 million investment from Sui Foundation.
Summary: France's Finance Committee adopted amendments taxing stablecoin swaps and extending exit taxes to crypto, but rejected the budget's revenue section, nullifying these changes for now.
Summary: Twenty One Capital CEO Rapha Zagury discusses the firm's 43,000 BTC holdings, mNAV discount, share buybacks, and Tether's permanent capital advantage.
Summary: Loren Asmus of UTXO Management argues Bitcoin is a structural portfolio allocation driven by risk-adjusted returns, citing institutional retention and education barriers.
Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority launched a consultation to verify that clearinghouses can rapidly convert tokenized collateral into cash during market stress.
Summary: US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in combined net outflows in October, with Ether funds shedding $641.3 million over eight consecutive sessions.
Summary: Swiss exchange WhiteBIT integrated the Lightning Network via Voltage infrastructure, enabling faster bitcoin deposits and withdrawals with specific fee structures.
Summary: Chicago-based EDX Markets has partnered with VerifiedX to list tokenized Bitcoin (vBTC) for institutional spot trading, while joining the network as a validator.
Summary: Securitize launched tokenized U.S. stocks backed one-to-one by real shares on Solana, including Apple and Nvidia, preserving investor rights like dividends.